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KINGDOM OF SPAIN v LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD FRENCH STATE v LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD (THE “PRESTIGE”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep Plus 1
Arbitration – Appeal against award – Whether arbitrator had jurisdiction to disregard judgment of Court of Justice of the European Union – Issue estoppel – Public policy – Equitable compensation – Award of injunction against a state – Damages in lieu of injunction – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 48, 66, 67 and 69 – State Immunity Act 1978, section 13 – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 50 – Brussels Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, articles 1 and 34.
MECK PETROLEUM DMCC v OWNER AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERER OF THE VESSEL “VICTOR 1” AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 2
Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Arrest – Statutory liens – Bareboat charterparties – Action in rem – Judicial sale – Effect of judicial sale on bareboat charterparty – High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961 (2020 Rev Ed), section 4(4).
CHINA STAR CHEMICAL SHIPPING LTD v LINGYANG SHIPPING NAVIGATION LTD (THE MT “LINGYANG”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 3
Admiralty – Arrest – Wrong defendant – Setting aside – Wrongful arrest.
BOLUDA TOWAGE ROTTERDAM BV AND OTHERS v ELISE TANKSCHIFFAHRT KG AND ANOTHER (THE “VB REBEL”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 4
Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Vessel briefly grounding – Tug assisting with refloating – Masters of vessels signing Certificate of Safe Delivery containing London jurisdiction clause – Claim for salvage – Proceedings commenced in the Netherlands – Application for anti-suit injunction – Applications for setting aside and stay.
VALLIANZ SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING PTE LTD v OWNER OF THE VESSEL “ECO SPARK”
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 5
Admiralty – Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest – Action in rem – Definition of “ship” – Meaning of “vessel used in navigation” – Whether barge converted to floating fish farm a “ship” – High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961, section 2 – Interpretation Act 1965.
UNICIOUS ENERGY PTE LTD v OWNERS AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERERS OF THE SHIP OR VESSEL “ALPINE MATHILDE” (NO 2)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 6
Admiralty – Sanctions – Vessel released from arrest – Damages for wrongful arrest.
BUGSBY PROPERTY LLC AND ANOTHER v OMNI BRIDGEWAY (FUND 5) CAYMAN INVESTMENT LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 7
Arbitration – Appointment of arbitrator – Whether parties had entered into arbitration agreement – Scope of agreement – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 6 and 18.
MAERSK A/S v ALLIANZ SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS SA MAPFRE ESPAÑA COMPAÑÍA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS SA v MACS MARITIME CARRIER SHIPPING GMBH & CO
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 8
Contracts (bills of lading) – Jurisdiction – Contract for the carriage of goods evidenced by a bill of lading – Jurisdiction clause incorporated in that bill of lading – Enforceability against the third-party holder of the bill of lading – Applicable law – National legislation requiring the individual and separate negotiation of the jurisdiction clause by the third-party holder of the bill of lading – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, article 25.
COSCO SHIPPING SPECIALIZED CARRIERS CO LTD v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 9
Anti-suit injunction – Arbitration agreement – Whether arbitration agreement incorporated into bills of lading encompassing claim in tort – Exclusive jurisdiction clause – Whether letter of undertaking containing jurisdiction clause concluded – Non-contractual anti-suit injunction – Vexatious and oppressive.
YANGTZE NAVIGATION (ASIA) CO LTD AND ANOTHER v TPT SHIPPING LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 10
Service out – Good arguable case – Undisclosed principals – Letter of indemnity in respect of misdelivery of cargo – Principals of issuer of letter of indemnity – CPR 6.33.
SEATRIUM NEW ENERGY LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS KEPPEL FELS LTD) v HJ SHIPBUILDING & CONSTRUCTION CO LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HANJIN HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND CONSTRUCTION CO LTD)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 11
Contract – Breach – Whether sub-contractor’s duties under shipbuilding sub-contract breached – Variation – Effect of variation of sub-contract – Post-delivery warranty obligations – Tort – Negligence – Duty of care – Duty of care in addition to contractual duty of due care, skill and diligence.
EUROBANK SA v MOMENTUM MARITIME SA AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 12
Ship finance – Mortgages – Bank claiming following loan default – Security over vessels – Vessels sold by port authority in private sale – Bank’s duties – Summary judgment.
HULLEY ENTERPRISES LTD AND OTHERS v THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 14
Arbitration – Recognition and enforcement of award – Tribunal ruling in favour of jurisdiction over claim against Russia – Challenge to award on jurisdictional grounds dismissed by the Dutch courts – Whether Dutch ruling created issue estoppel in English enforcement proceedings – State Immunity Act 1978 – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 31.
CSL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v TASMANIAN PORTS CORPORATION PTY LTD AND OTHERS (THE “GOLIATH”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 15
Admiralty – Limitation of liability – Limitation of liability for wreck removal claims – Reservation against limitation of claims for the removal of wreck – Two tugs becoming wreck as a result of allision – Removal of wrecks by port authority – Contracts – Standard terms – Whether port’s standard terms excluding right to limit liability for removal of wreck – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, article 2(1)(a) and (d) – Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989 (Cth).
GORDON v THE VESSEL “SOUTHERN STAR”
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 16
Admiralty – Party boat arrested – Caveats against release – Application by vessel owner for release from arrest – Commencement of charter imminent – Parties close to agreeing security for release – Vessel permitted to trade while under arrest pending agreement on security subject to conditions – Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth), sections 15, 17, 19 and 34.
DJURBERG v THAMES PROPERTIES (HAMPTON) LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 17
Maritime lien – Tort of interference with goods – Houseboat removed by defendants – Claimant asserting lien – Unpaid mooring charges – Liens.
OSV CREST MERCURY 1 v VISION PROJECTS TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 18
Admiralty – Arrest of vessel in support of arbitration – In rem proceedings – Personification theory – Procedural theory.
NATIXIS, SINGAPORE BRANCH v RAJAGOPALAN AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 19
Admiralty – Insolvency – Bill of lading holding banks filing claims in rem – Secured creditors – Effect of filing writ in rem against vessel – Unfairly prejudicial – Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, sections 100 and 115.
ING BANK NV v INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 20
Banking – Forum non conveniens – Documents against payment transaction – Buyer’s bank releasing documents to buyer – Stay – Clearly and distinctly more appropriate forum – ICC Uniform Rules for Collections 522.
RRY v NKX
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 21
Arbitration – Appeal for error of law – Refusal of permission to appeal – Application for permission to appeal against refusal – Time limits – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69 – CPR Part 52.
CETO SHIPPING CORPORATION v SAVORY SHIPPING INC (THE “VICTOR 1”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 22
Anti-suit injunction – Exclusive jurisdiction clause referring disputes to the English courts – Claimant pursuing proceedings in rem against proceeds of sale in Singapore – Proceedings in personam against defendant – Vexatious and oppressive.
MARE NOVA INC v ZHANGJIAGANG JIUSHUN SHIP ENGINEERING CO LTD
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 23
Shipbuilding – Defective repairs – Arbitration – Serious irregularity – Whether defence relied upon by arbitrator raised in arbitration – Error of law – Whether contract exempted shipyard from liability – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 and 69.
UNICREDIT BANK GMBH v RUSCHEMALLIANCE LLC
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 24
Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Whether court could revoke or vary permanent anti-suit injunction – CPR 3.1(7).
GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LTD v STATE OF LIBYA
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 25
Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – Whether state had waived execution immunity – State Immunity Act 1978, section 13.
REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN v WORLD WIDE MINERALS LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 26
Arbitration – Serious irregularity – Failure by tribunal to deal with issue put to it – Arbitration Act 1996, section 68(2)(d).
LITASCO SA v BANQUE EL AMANA SA
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 27
Standby letter of credit – Enforcement of payment – Effect of Mauritanian court orders preventing payment – Whether illegality in place of performance – Whether claimant submitted to jurisdiction of Mauritanian courts – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 33.
AMS AMEROPA MARKETING AND SALES AG AND ANOTHER v OCEAN UNITY NAVIGATION INC (THE “DORIC VALOUR”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 28
Contracts (bills of lading) – Heat damage to soy beans – Carrier admitting breach – Salvage sale by receiver – Seller claiming against carrier having compensated and taken assignment from buyer – Duty to account for damages.
OWNER OF THE VESSEL “NAVIGATOR ARIES” v OWNER OF THE VESSEL “LEO PERDANA” (THE “NAVIGATOR ARIES”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 29
Admiralty – Collision – Navigation in narrow channel – Vessels having agreed to pass port-to-port – One vessel experiencing bow cushion effect – Bow cushion effect developing into port sheer – Helm action contributing to development of port sheer - Causative fault where bow cushion effect the physical cause of collision – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, rules 5, 7, 8 and 9(a).
OWNER OF THE VESSEL “NAVIGATOR ARIES” v OWNER OF THE VESSEL “LEO PERDANA” (THE “NAVIGATOR ARIES”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 30
Civil procedure – Costs – Collision – Valid offer to settle – Calderbank offer – Factors affecting costs decisions in collision cases.
RUKHADZE AND OTHERS v RECOVERY PARTNERS GP LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 31
Fiduciaries – No conflict rule – Whether account of profits is independent duty or remedy for other breach – Role of causation – Role of counterfactual arguments on making of profit and consent.
MARINA DEVELOPMENTS LTD v OWNER(S) OF “SY EXPLORER”
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 32
Admiralty – Berthing fees – Vessel under arrest following failure to pay dock dues – Contractual agreement on payment of fees – Dues of vessels forming part of same flotilla – Whether vessel owner having agreed on behalf of company – Security for release – Meaning of “in connection with a ship” – Senior Courts Act 1981, sections 20(2), and 21(3) and (4).
CC/DEVAS (MAURITIUS) LTD AND OTHERS v REPUBLIC OF INDIA
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 33
Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – New York Convention 1958 – State Immunity Act 1978.
MSH LTD v HCS LTD
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 34
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Agency – Undisclosed principal – Arbitration Act 1996, section 67.
CZECH REPUBLIC v DIAG HUMAN SE AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 35
Arbitration – Bilateral Investment Treaty – Jurisdiction – Loss of right to object on jurisdictional grounds to award – Meaning of “qualifying investor” – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 31, 67 and 73.
RENAISSANCE SECURITIES (CYPRUS) LTD v ILLC CHLODWIG ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 36
Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Contractual and quasi-contractual grounds – Implied term – Exercise of discretion.
ALRUBIE v CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 37
Arbitration – Stay of proceedings – Whether the parties were bound by an arbitration clause – Horizontal arbitration agreement – Indemnity costs – Arbitration Act 1996, section 9.
DESTIN TRADING INC v SAIPEM SA
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 38
Arbitration – Stay of proceedings – Contracts containing arbitration clauses – Contracts replaced by Settlement Agreement containing exclusive jurisdiction clause – Whether arbitration clauses superseded – Arbitration Act 1996, section 9.
A CORPORATION v FIRM B AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 39
Arbitration – Duty of confidentiality in arbitration – Scope of duty – Exceptions – Application to solicitors – Test for interim relief.
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LTD v ARGOGLOBAL UNDERWRITING ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 40
Insurance – Marine – Vessel capsizing – Constructive total loss – Perils of the sea – Breach of the duty of fair presentation – Seaworthiness – Breach of warranty – Held covered clause – Insurable interest – Late payment – Marine Insurance Act 1906, sections 4, 39 and 60 – Insurance Act 2015, sections 2, 10, 11 and 13A.
NIGERIA LNG LTD v TALEVERAS PETROLEUM TRADING DMCC
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 41
Arbitration – Award – Construction – Award containing dispositive section – Whether dispositive section supplemented by orders in award.
WALLER-EDWARDS v ONE SAVINGS BANK PLC
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 42
Banking – Mortgage – Undue influence of spouse – Loan for joint benefit – Principles applicable to “hybrid” cases – Whether mortgage to be set aside.
CAFI – COMMODITY & FREIGHT INTERROGATORS DMCC v GTCS TRADING DMCC
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 43
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Serious irregularity – Error of law – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 30, 67, 68 and 69.
JP MORGAN SECURITIES PLC AND OTHERS v VTB BANK PJSC
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 44
Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Whether contracting party could obtain injunction to prevent judicial proceedings against affiliates – Contractual anti-suit injunction – Vexatious and oppressive basis for injunction – Anti-enforcement injunction – Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
ENERGYEN CORPORATION v HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 46
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Allegedly incorrect party commencing arbitration – Whether notice of arbitration was valid – ICC Arbitration Rules – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 30 and 67.
FIMBANK PLC v KCH SHIPPING CO LTD
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 47
Contracts (bills of lading) – Misdelivery – Claim for misdelivery occurring after discharge – One-year time limit for claims – Application of Hague Rules time bar to claims for misdelivery of cargo after discharge from the vessel – Period of responsibility under Hague Rules – Period between discharge and delivery – Contractual application of Hague-Visby Rules – Application of Hague-Visby Rules to misdelivery after discharge – Hague Rules and Hague-Visby Rules, article III rule 6.
SEA CONSORTIUM PTE LTD (TRADING AS X-PRESS FEEDERS) AND OTHERS v BENGAL TIGER LINE PTE LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 48
Admiralty – Limitation of liability – Tonnage limitation – Meaning of “shipowner” – Meaning of “charterer” – Slot charterers’ right to limit liability – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, as amended, article 1(2).
LORD MARINE CO SA v VIMEKSIM SRB DOO
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 49
Charterparty (voyage) – Bills of lading – Lien on cargo – Freight unpaid – Cargo discharged into storage – Shipowner seeking order for sale of cargo – Exercise of lien in support of arbitration – Property “the subject of the proceedings” – Arbitration Act 1996, section 44.
BUNGE SA v PAN OCEAN CO LTD (THE “SAGAR RATAN”)
[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 50
Charterparty (time) – Off-hire clause – Vessel crew testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival – Risk of quarantine – Vessel sailing to replace crew – Whether off hire – BIMCO Infectious or Contagious Diseases Clause for Time Charter Parties 2015.